Equal Heart is a 501(c)3 nonprofit currently focused on alleviating hunger. We work to expand access to ensure every hungry individual has a daily meal no matter their circumstances.

Mission

Our Mission is to support people in times of adversity.

Vision

Our Vision is that misfortune is overcome through shared response, because the humanity and courage in each individual is recognized.

Path

Our Path is to always recognize that each person, no matter their circumstances of birth or fortune, is created equal. That in our hearts we all have the same dreams, aspirations and hopes. For ourselves and for our children.

AmeriCorps

We have two AmeriCorps grant that allows us to support organizations across the country. We annually place 395 AmeriCorps members across 16 states.

Mobile

The same forces that restrict a person's ability to feed their children also constraines their ability to access services. To combat this, Equal Heart operates a Mobile Food Pantry and Mobile Summer Meals programs.

Child Nutrition

Equal Heart acts as an intermediary funder to allow smaller nonprofits to access federal funding to support providing After-School and Summer meals to children. We currently contract with five states to provide USDA funded meals to children.

Founded

Equal Heart was founded in 2014 and hired the first paid staff member in March 2015. By August 2015, we operated the largest non-profit SFSP program in Texas.

Roots

The first programs focused on mobile programs for both adults and children. With early support from UW Groundfloor we kicked off our mobile food pantry in October 2015 that continues to deliver healthy food to over 4,000 families.

National

Equal Heart currently operates AmeriCorps related programming in 16 states and is a USDA sponsor in five states. Our future is our past: we continue to seek ways to scale innovation to increase supplies of healthy food for the most vulnerable.

Hunger

Equal Heart supports programs that annually provide 1.5 million pounds of bulk food for 5,000+ families and over 3 million prepared meals for 35,000 children in after-school and summer programs.

Environment

A large portion of bulk food resources come from surplus food stock. Food that is destined for the landfill until we divert it to feed families. Reclaiming close to 700,000 pounds of food reduces hunger and helps the environment.

Community

Equal Heart works with 65 partner organizations, 395 AmeriCorps members, and leverages hundreds of volunteers to build community as we work to find solutions to hunger.